Elliptic boundary value problems with λ-dependent boundary conditions

In this paper second order elliptic boundary value problems on bounded domains Ω⊂Rn with boundary conditions on ∂Ω depending nonlinearly on the spectral parameter are investigated in an operator theoretic framework. For a general class of locally meromorphic functions in the boundary condition a solution operator of the boundary value problem is constructed with the help of a linearization procedure. In the special case of rational Nevanlinna or Riesz-Herglotz functions on the boundary the solution operator is obtained in an explicit form in the product Hilbert space L²(Ω)⊕(L²m(∂Ω)), which is a natural generalization of known results on λ-linear elliptic boundary value problems and λ-rational boundary value problems for ordinary second order differential equations.     

kth Order convergence for semilinear elliptic boundary value problems

The method of quasilinearization coupled with the method of upper and lower solutions, is applied to the semilinear elliptic boundary value problems. At the same time, the result of kth convergence for the semilinear boundary value problems is obtained via the idea of Taylors approximation.     

Positive solutions for singular m-point boundary value problems with positive parameter

In this paper, some new existence results for positive solutions for a class of singular m-point boundary value problems with parameter be obtained.     

Three positive solutions for the one-dimensional p-Laplacian

In this paper, nonlinear two point boundary value problems with p-Laplacian operators subject to Dirichlet boundary condition and nonlinear boundary conditions are studied. We show the existence of three positive solutions by the five functionals fixed point theorem.     

Sandwich pairs for p-Laplacian systems

We solve boundary value problems for p-Laplacian systems using sandwich pairs.     

On a class of boundary value problems involving the p-biharmonic operator

A nonlinear boundary value problem involving the p-biharmonic operator is investigated, where p>1. It describes various problems in the theory of elasticity, e.g., the shape of an elastic beam where the bending moment depends on the curvature as a power function with exponent p−1. We prove existence of solutions satisfying a quite general boundary condition that incorporates many particular boundary conditions which are frequently considered in the literature.     

Existence and multiplicity results for Dirichlet problems with p-Laplacian

In this paper we apply Morse theory to study the existence of nontrivial solutions of p-Laplacian type Dirichlet boundary value problems.     

Higher-order Lidstone boundary value problems for elliptic partial differential equations

The aim of this paper is to show the existence and uniqueness of a solution for a class of 2nth-order elliptic Lidstone boundary value problems where the nonlinear functions depend on the higher-order derivatives. Sufficient conditions are given for the existence and uniqueness of a solution. It is also shown that there exist two sequences which converge monotonically from above and below, respectively, to the unique solution. The approach to the problem is by the method of upper and lower solutions together with monotone iterative technique for nonquasimonotone functions. All the results are directly applicable to 2nth-order two-point Lidstone boundary value problems.     

Existence of solutions for some nonlinear problems with p-Laplacian like operators

The purpose of this paper is to obtain some existence results of solutions for the nonlinear boundary value problems with p-Laplacian like operators.     

Multiple solutions for discrete boundary value problems

A recent multiplicity theorem for the critical points of a functional defined on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space, established by Ricceri, is extended. An application to Dirichlet boundary value problems for difference equations involving the discrete p-Laplacian operator is presented.     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions to 2mth-order ordinary differential equations

In this paper, the existence and multiplicity of solutions are obtained for the 2mth-order ordinary differential equation two-point boundary value problems u(2(m−i))(t)=f(t,u(t)) for all t∈[0,1] subject to Dirichlet, Neumann, mixed and periodic boundary value conditions, respectively, where f is continuous, ai∈R for all i=1,2,…,m. Since these four boundary value problems have some common properties and they can be transformed into the integral equation of form , we firstly deal with this nonlinear integral equation. By using the strongly monotone operator principle and the critical point theory, we establish some conditions on f which are able to guarantee that the integral equation has a unique solution, at least one nonzero solution, and infinitely many solutions. Furthermore, we apply the abstract results on the integral equation to the above four 2mth-order two-point boundary problems and successfully resolve the existence and multiplicity of their solutions.     

Existence of positive solutions for three-point boundary value problems at resonance

With the help of the theorem of a fixed point index for A-proper semilinear operators established by Cremins, we get a existence theorem concerning the existence of positive solution for the second order ordinary differential equation of three-point boundary value problems at resonance.     

Triple positive solutions of boundary value problems for p-Laplacian dynamic equations on time scales

A new triple fixed-point theorem is applied to investigate the existence of at least three positive solutions of boundary value problems for p-Laplacian dynamic equations on time scales.     

The iterative solutions of 2nth-order nonlinear multi-point boundary value problems

The aim of this paper is to investigate the existence of iterative solutions for a class of 2nth-order nonlinear multi-point boundary value problems. The multi-point boundary condition under consideration includes various commonly discussed boundary conditions, such as three- or four-point boundary condition, (n + 2)-point boundary condition and 2(n − m)-point boundary condition. The existence problem is based on the method of upper and lower solutions and its associated monotone iterative technique. A monotone iteration is developed so that the iterative sequence converges monotonically to a maximal solution or a minimal solution, depending on whether the initial iteration is an upper solution or a lower solution. Two examples are presented to illustrate the results.     

Ground state periodic solutions for difference equations with discrete p-Laplacian

We use the critical point theory to establish existence results for periodic solutions of some nonlinear boundary value problems involving the discrete p-Laplacian operator. As an application we give an alternative proof to the upper and lower solutions theorem.     

Nontrivial solutions of singular nonlinear m-point boundary value problems

In this paper, by using the method of topology degree, some existence theorems of nontrivial solutions for singular nonlinear m-point boundary value problems are established. Our nonlinearity may be singular in its dependent variable.     

Existence of nonnegative solutions for second order m-point boundary value problems at resonance

In this paper, the minimal and maximal nonnegative solutions for second order m-point boundary value problems at resonance are investigated by using a new fixed point theorem of increasing operators. And the monotone iterative sequences which converge to solutions are given. The method is different essentially from the previous papers used by coincidence degree continuation theorem of Mawhin.     

A necessary and sufficient condition for 2nth-order singular super-linear m-point boundary value problems

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions for singular super-linear m-point boundary value problems of 2nth-order ordinary differential equations. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of C2n−2[0,1] positive solutions as well as C2n−1[0,1] positive solutions is given by means of the fixed point theorems on cones.     

The existence of solutions to second-order singular boundary value problems

This article analyzes qualitative properties of solutions to two-point boundary value problems for singular ordinary differential equations. In particular, we form new approaches that ensure that all possible solutions satisfy certain a priori bounds. The methods involve differential inequalities.     

Noncontinuous data boundary value problems for Schrödinger equation in Lipschitz domains

The noncontinuous data boundary value problems for Schrödinger equations in Lipschitz domains and its progress are pointed out in this paper. Particularly, the L ^p boundary value problems with p > 1, and H ^p boundary value problems with p < 1 have been studied. Some open problems about the Besov-Sobolev and Orlicz boundary value problems are given.